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The document provides instructions on how to create and customize tables in Microsoft Word using various methods, including inserting, drawing, or copying from Excel. It details the steps to format tables, including resizing, altering borders, and applying table styles. Additionally, it suggests that tables are an effective way to organize and present data in Word documents.

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Lesson 3a - Microsoft Word - Part C 2

The document provides instructions on how to create and customize tables in Microsoft Word using various methods, including inserting, drawing, or copying from Excel. It details the steps to format tables, including resizing, altering borders, and applying table styles. Additionally, it suggests that tables are an effective way to organize and present data in Word documents.

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HOW TO CREATE A TABLE

You can use a few methods to organize the content in a Word document, but one of the
best is to use a table. This allows you to separate your content into columns and rows,
allowing for better presentation.

There are a few methods you can use to create tables in Microsoft Word. You can
insert, draw, or copy in a table from elsewhere, should you want to. Here’s how to
create and customize tables in Microsoft Word following these methods.

How to Insert a Table in Microsoft Word

You can insert a table in Microsoft Word in several ways, but three ways are worth
mentioning in particular. You can add a table by inserting it automatically with a set size,
or you can draw a table manually using your mouse or trackpad.

Alternatively, you can also copy and paste a grouping of cells from Microsoft Excel.
Once pasted, Word will convert these cells into the format of a table. The instructions
below should work for all recent versions of Word. There may be slight differences in
older versions of Office, however.

To add a table in Word, you’ll need first to open a blank or existing Word document and
press the Insert tab on the ribbon bar. From here, click the Table button.

This will display a drop-down menu with various options. To insert a table automatically,
select the size you want from the grid.

Once pressed, the table will be inserted onto the page using the number of rows and
columns you select.
Alternatively, press the Insert Table option, selecting the number of rows and columns
you need from the Insert Table pop-up box that appears afterward.
You can also draw a table instead. From the Table drop-down menu, click the Draw
Table option.

Using your mouse or trackpad, draw a table to the size you want on your chosen page.

Once you’ve created the outer border for your table, you’ll need to draw downwards
inside the table to add a column or horizontally to add a row.
As we’ve mentioned, you can also paste in a table using cells from a Microsoft Excel
spreadsheet.

To do this, open an Excel spreadsheet, select a grouping of cells and press Ctrl + C on
your keyboard (or press Home > Copy).

Return to your Word document, then press Ctrl + V on your keyboard to paste the cells
into your document (or press Home > Paste).
Formatting a Microsoft Word Table

Once your table is created in Word, you can then begin to format it. You can resize the
table once it’s been created, as well as alter the bordering, font style, and more.

One easy way to format your table is by using a table style. These apply preset
formatting choices to your table. To add these, select your table, then press
the Design tab under the Table Tools section on the ribbon bar.
Click one of the options from the Table Styles section to apply that style to your table.
To add your own formatting, select and right-click your table, then press Table
Properties.

You can set the size of your table using the options shown in the various tabbed menus
in the Table Properties box. These include options to alter the length, width, and
alignment of your table columns and rows.
To change the border and shadings of your table, press the Borders and
Shadings button at the bottom of the Table tab.
You can easily change other table formatting options, including the font, color, and other
text styles, using the standard formatting options in Word.

To do this, select the text in your table, then use the formatting options from
the Font and Paragraph sections in the Home tab on the ribbon bar to make changes.
Bringing Microsoft Office Skills Together

Creating tables in a Word document is, as we’ve mentioned, a good way to organize
and present your data. There are other ways you can do this, however. You could add
and edit images in Microsoft Word to get your points across visually, for instance.

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